Working memory and intraindividual variability as neurocognitive indicators in ADHD: Examining competing model predictions

Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 459-471

  Kofler, Michael J ^a   Alderson, R Matt ^b   Raiker, Joseph S ^c   Bolden, Jennifer ^d   Sarver, Dustin E ^a   Rapport, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Ex gaussian; Reaction time; Variability; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORKING MEMORY; CHECKLIST; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INDIVIDUALITY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84921958279     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000050     Document Type: Article

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